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Forget the tony shops on Worth Avenue, the bars and restaurants in Delray Beach, the golf course in the Catskills or the office buildings and apartments in upstate New York. One of the most contested properties in Burt and Lucille Handelsman’s estimated $550 million empire...

Scores of reported injuries have caused the federal government to file suit against the maker of a popular brand of strollers. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that it took the action against Britax after nearly 100 cases of consumers complaining...

As consumers spend away for the holidays, many people are using their credit cards to buy gifts. That means that come January or shortly thereafter, those bills will become due. If you don’t pay at least a portion of what you owe, you may soon get a call from the dreaded debt...

The Preservation Society of Newport County honored its snowbird members at a cocktail reception hosted by James Berwind and Kevin Clark. The event took place Jan. 26 at Tarpon Cove, the couple’s lakefront home. The evening included moonlit cocktails and hors...

The late Mary Hulitar and her late husband, Philip, were a gracious couple who lived in a gracious Palm Beach house and loved to entertain — graciously, of course, according to those who knew them. Their seaside home at 980 N. Ocean Blvd., which they bought in 1971...

Lew Crampton continues to flex far more financial muscle than opponent Harris S. Fried in their race for a Town Council seat in the March 13 election. Crampton amassed $96,105 and spent $44,919, while Fried raised $7,460 and spent $2,417, through Jan. 31, according to their...

7:00 am Sunday, February 18, 2018
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By Amanda Skier - Special to the Daily News

The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach is deeply concerned by the proposed demolition of two landmarked properties: 323 Chilean Ave. and Duck’s Nest. The first property, attributed to Addison Mizner, is a Mediterranean Revival-style residence representative of the charming...

Mutual funds pioneer Charles “Chuck” M. Royce and his wife, Deborah, whose lakefront house late last year won a Ballinger Award, have sold their other Palm Beach house across town to its next-door neighbor for a recorded $8.9 million. Kenneth W. and Claudia J. Silverman...

In Palm Beach, land and dreams go hand in hand. And along those lines, longtime Palm Beach homebuilder and developer Dan Swanson and his wife, Karen, have taken an unusual tack in updating their marketing for the property in Phipps Estate, where they have lived for years. With their...

7:00 am Friday, February 16, 2018
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By Carleton Varney - Special to the Daily News

Decorating trends come and go, but there are a few evergreens. And among the latter are murals — hand-painted sometimes on canvas and then applied to wall surfaces and sometimes painted directly on the wall surface itself. I recently was reminded about the effectiveness of...

The Palm Beach Civic Association has established The Stanley M. Rumbough Jr. Legacy Society with gift commitments of more than $1 million from the family of the late civic leader. Bob Wright, the civic association’s CEO and chairman, announced the gift and the Legacy Society...

They gathered in a corner surrounding the man with the yellow paddle. They listened closely. “You’ve played some racket sports before?” the instructor asked. They murmured in agreement. “Excellent,” he said. It was 9 a.m., and Randi Barenholtz was working...

Vic Damone, longtime resident whom Frank Sinatra once described as “having the best pipes in the business,” died from respiratory failure on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach. He was 89 and the widower of Rena Rowan Damone, co-founder...

Facebook continues to be immensely popular even though the number of people using the social media site on a daily basis dipped slightly to 1.4 billion in the company’s latest earnings report. The site has also been under intense scrutiny of late. There has been the controversy...

Not many pianists can boast that Philip Glass has composed a concerto for them. Simone Dinnerstein can. Widely regarded as one of the most influential contemporary composers, Glass has written operas such as Einstein on the Beach; scores for movies such as The...

Just when more affluent home buyers seem poised to jump back into Palm Beach’s real estate waters, along comes a volatile stock market that might be bent on dampening their enthusiasm. But Wall Street’s sharp declines over the past week don’t necessarily mean house-hunters...

Communication between local government and taxpayers has gotten a boost, thanks to the Town of Palm Beach website and its social media outreach. And the website reveals you don’t need lots of bells and whistles to draw viewers, when a pleasant palette, photos of familiar places...

Jeffery Smith, one of the town’s most respected and successful architects, will receive the Palm Beach Civic Association Community Service Award on Monday. Smith will be given the engraved Tiffany crystal award at the association’s annual award luncheon at The Breakers...

As cliché as it may sound, I never thought I would be a victim of identity theft. I have always been extremely careful with my personal information — shredding my personal documents, leaving my checkbook at home and only providing my social security number when...

You can already buy everything from home goods to shoes to handbags and even cars on Overstock. Now the e-commerce site wants to bring financial advice to the masses with the launch of a new roboadvisor service. RELATED: 14 ways to save at Overstock.com The financial advice industry...